Cultural Studies

Fall 2026

All courses on this list are approved for General Education credit on a campus-wide basis. However, individual Colleges or curricula may require specific courses or course categories. Students should consult their advisors about selecting the general education courses which best fit their programs of study.

Effective Summer/Fall 2018: Undergraduates newly admitted in Summer/Fall 2018 or later (note this includes both freshman as well as transfers matriculating in Summer/Fall 2018 and after) need to complete one course in Non-Western Cultures; one course in US Minority Cultures; and one course in Western/Comparative Cultures.

Undergraduate students who matriculated Spring 2018 or prior need to complete one course in Non-Western or US Minority Cultures and one course in Western/Comparative Cultures.

Courses are added as they are approved.

  • ACP - Advanced Composition

  • HUM - Humanities and the Arts
  •     HP - Historical and Philosophical Perspectives
  •     LA - Literature and the Arts

  • SBS - Social and Behavioral Sciences
  •     BSC - Behavioral Sciences
  •     SS - Social Sciences

  • NAT - Natural Sciences and Technology
  •     LS - Life Sciences
  •     PS - Physical Sciences

  • CS - Cultural Studies
  •     NW - Non-Western Culture(s)
  •     US - US Minority Cultures
  •     WCC - Western/Comparative Culture(s)

  • QR - Quantitative Reasoning
  •     QR1 - Quantitative Reasoning I
  •     QR2 - Quantitative Reasoning II

fall 2026 → CS → WCC

COURSE TITLE ACP CS HUM NAT QR SBS
ANSC 250 Companion Animals in Society WCC
ANTH 101 Introduction to Anthropology WCC SS
ANTH 209 Food, Culture, and Society WCC SS
ARTH 110 Introduction to the History of Art and Visual Culture WCC LA
CLCV 114 Introduction to Ancient Greek Culture WCC LA
CLCV 115 Mythology of Greece and Rome WCC LA
CLCV 120 The Classical Tradition WCC LA
CLCV 131 Classical Archaeology, Greece WCC HP
CLCV 133 Archaeology of Israel WCC HP
CLCV 160 Ancient Greek & Roman Religion WCC HP
CLCV 220 Exploring the Greek and Roman World WCC LA
CLCV 231 Development of Ancient Cities WCC HP
CMN 210 Public Communication in Everyday Life WCC HP
CMN 260 Intro to Health Communication WCC BSC
CWL 216 Legends of King Arthur WCC LA
CWL 220 Exploring the Greek and Roman World WCC LA
CWL 241 Early Masterpieces of Western Culture ACP WCC LA
CWL 251 Viking Mythology WCC HP
CWL 253 Medieval Literature and Culture WCC LA
CWL 254 Grimm's Fairy Tales in Context WCC LA
CWL 255 Renaissance Literature and Culture WCC LA
CWL 257 Enlightenment Literature and Culture WCC LA
CWL 273 The Holocaust in Context WCC LA
DANC 100 Intro to Contemporary Dance WCC LA
ENGL 115 Intro to British Literature WCC LA
ENGL 202 Medieval Literature and Culture WCC LA
ENGL 204 Renaissance Literature and Culture WCC LA
ENGL 206 Enlightenment Literature and Culture WCC LA
ENGL 208 Victorian Literature and Culture WCC LA
ENGL 209 Early British Literature and Culture WCC LA
ENGL 213 Modernist Literature and Culture WCC LA
ENGL 216 Legends of King Arthur WCC LA
ENGL 237 Nineteenth-Century British Fiction WCC LA
ENGL 255 Early American Literature and Culture WCC LA
ENGL 266 Grimm's Fairy Tales in Context WCC LA
ENGL 269 The Holocaust in Context WCC LA
FR 156 Exploring Paris WCC LA
GWS 201 Race, Gender & Power WCC
GWS 202 Sexualities WCC
GWS 356 Sex & Gender in Popular Media WCC
GGIS 204 Cities of the World WCC SS
GER 201 German Popular Culture WCC LA
GER 251 Grimm's Fairy Tales in Context WCC LA
GER 261 The Holocaust in Context WCC LA
GLBL 100 Intro to Global Studies WCC SS
GLBL 240 Global Health WCC
HIST 103 A History of Everything: The Big Bang to Big Data WCC HP
HIST 142 Modern Europe and the World WCC HP
HIST 143 Modern Europe and the World - ACP ACP WCC HP
HIST 236 Madness and Modern Society WCC HP
HIST 241 History of Ancient Rome WCC HP
HIST 247 Medieval Europe WCC HP
HIST 274 US Foreign Relations Since 1917 WCC HP
HIST 293 The President and the People WCC HP
IS 266 Community Innovation WCC SS
ITAL 156 Exploring Rome: History and Culture of the Eternal City WCC LA
JS 231 Development of Ancient Cities WCC HP
JS 261 The Holocaust in Context WCC LA
LA 242 Nature and American Culture WCC
LING 270 Language, Technology & Society WCC BSC
MACS 100 Intro to Popular TV & Movies WCC LA
MACS 261 Survey of World Cinema I WCC LA
MACS 264 Media Industries WCC HP
MACS 266 Community Innovation WCC SS
MACS 356 Sex & Gender in Popular Media WCC
MDVL 201 Medieval Literature and Culture WCC LA
MDVL 216 Legends of King Arthur WCC LA
MDVL 247 Medieval Europe WCC HP
MDVL 251 Viking Mythology WCC HP
NRES 242 Nature and American Culture WCC
PSYC 236 Madness and Modern Society WCC HP
RST 242 Nature and American Culture WCC
RST 335 Leisure and Consumer Culture WCC SS
REL 160 Ancient Greek & Roman Religion WCC HP
REL 251 Viking Mythology WCC HP
RUSS 115 Intro to Russian Culture WCC LA
REES 116 Intro to Russian Culture WCC LA
SCAN 251 Viking Mythology WCC HP
SOC 161 Introduction to Poverty WCC SS
SOC 201 Race, Gender & Power WCC
SOC 202 Sexualities WCC
THEA 110 Broadway Musicals WCC LA
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